New York 1 Television Presents Its
“ New Yorkers of the Week” Award to
The Association’s City Bar Chorus

NY1 News, the Manhattan-based cable-TV news station, awarded the Association’s City Bar Chorus its distinguished “New Yorkers of the Week Award” in recognition of the choir’s community outreach efforts that bring the gift of music to venues such as hospitals, fire houses, senior residences and nursing homes, pediatric facilities, AIDS residences and rehabilitation facilities.

The three-minute TV segment honoring the choir’s community service work was aired frequently during the weekend of Friday, January 30 to Monday, February 2, on NY1 News.

Composed of more than 55 members, the City Bar Chorus is made up solely of legal professionals that include attorneys, paralegals, legal secretaries, law students and judges, all of whom contribute their time and talents on a volunteer basis.

“Our repertoire ranges from opera to ABBA, and from Broadway to the Beatles,” said Israella Mayeri, City Bar Chorus co-chair. “The chorus also enjoys singing jazz arrangements and folk and spiritual songs of many traditions. We’ve sung in up to 8-part harmony in English, Latin, Hebrew and Swahili!

“A typical show not only has us singing for the audience, but also gets the audience singing with us. We are known for our sing-alongs! At pediatric venues such as Bellevue, we also encourage participation by having audience volunteers join the conductor to ‘help’ her conduct the chorus.”

The group holds auditions throughout the year. For information about the City Bar Chorus, please e-mail citybarchorus@aol.com

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York was founded in 1870, and is dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. For more information on this release, or to arrange for interviews, please contact Matt Kovary, Press Coordinator, at (212) 382-6713 or mkovary@nycbar.org

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